Hanger for train-pipe couplings.



W. C. WHITE.

HANGER FOR TRAIN PIPE COUPLINGS.

APPUCATION FILED DEC.28.1912. RENEWED JUNE 9,1915.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

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WALTER C. WHITE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB. INTERNATIONAL COUPLERS COLEPANY, 01 L68 ANGELES, CALEFOR-NIA, A CORP'SRATION OF CALI- FORNIA.

28, 1912, erial No. 739,139.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, l/VALTER C. WHITE, citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Train-Pipe Couplings, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This application is a division of an application filed by me June 25, 1912, Serial No. 705,818, the invention forming the subject-matter of this application being a species of hanger disclosed but not specifically claimed in the aforesaid application, Serial No. 705,818, and the claims herein being restricted to said species no claim being made herein to the generic invention disclosed in my said parent application.

The hanger forming the subject-matter of the present application is intended to be secured to the longitudinal I-beams and cross bars of a car, and the novel features of the same are fully disclosed in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described, be ing particularly pointed out in the claims following the description.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of the hanger in its operative position, the pipes carrier being removed; Fig. 2 is a detail vertical. section showing the manner of disposing the pipes carrier within the hanger; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2, the line 22 in this figure indicating the plane in which Fig. 2 is taken. Fig. i is a detail perspective view of the connection between the shelf and the longitudinal brace, the parts being shown detached but in their relative positions.

The main portion of the hanger comprises a shelf 1 suitably shaped to accommodate and support the train-pipe coupler head and side bars 9. rising from the sides of the said shelf at the rear end thereof. The said side bars 2 are disposed vertically and are preferably in the form of channel-irons having inwardly extending side members or ribs and provided with a groove 3 in the inner face of one of the ribs. From the upper ends of these channeled portions metallic straps l ext-end upwardly and outwardly and have their upper extremities turned vertically upwardly so as to be bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the projecting Specification of Letters Patent.

HANGER FOR TRAIN-PIPE CQUPLINGS.

Patented Jan. 25, itiifi.

Divided and this application filed December Serial No. 33,205.

tongues/5 at the ends of the I-beams 6 which extend longitudinally on the bottom of thecar body. Braces 7 are secured to the outer sides of the side bars 2 near the lower ends of the same and extend upwardly and rearwardly therefrom and have their upper portions diverging. as shown at 8. The upper extremities of the diverging portions 8 are shaped to engage around the lower flanges of the beams 6 at one side thereof, and to the said upper extremities ofthe braces are bolted clip plates or brackets 9 having their upper portions formed into horizontally disposed U-shaped flange-engaging members 10. The flange-engaging extremities of the braces are both extended in the same direction so that the braces may be slid laterally to simultaneously engage the flanges on the I-beams and the clips or brackets 9 then engaged over the opposite flange of the I-beam and secured to the clip portion of the brace so as to coact therewith in firmly attaching the brace to the beam. The shelf 1 is further supported in its proper position and held against such movement as would permit the coupling head to drop under the impact of cars in coupling or passing around curves or other inequalities in the road-bed by central longitudinally extending brace 11, the front end of which is secured to or formed integral with the shelf at the rear end thereof, and the rear portion of which is inclined upwardly and has its extremity rigidly secured to a cross bar 12, the ends of which are equipped with clip members 13 corresponding to the clip members 9, whereby the said cross bar may be firmly secured to the I-beams 6. The cross bar 12 will be disposed in front of and immediately against one of the cross beams 1-1 of the car body, so that any tendency. of the bar 12 and the brace attached thereto to move rearwardly upon the 1'beams will be ef ectually resisted.

The shelf is provided with an opening 15 near its rear end to receive the bolt by which the coupling head is connected to the pipes carrier 16, and the lower ends of the braces 7 are extended forwardly and enlarged at the sides of the shelf, and in the said enlargements are provided openings 18 to permit the attachment of a centering device by which the coupler head will be restrained from excessive lateral movement during the travel of the cars. The pipes carrier 16 consists of a block of suitable material having openings 19 at its upper and lower-ends to receive rearwardly projecting arms of the coupler head, which arms are attached to the pipes carrier by bolts passing through the same and the ends of the pipes carrier and so arranged as to permit a limited longitudinal movement of the coupler head. The pipes carrier is also provided with openings 20 upon its central vertical line to accommodate the train-pipes and permit them to have a lateral movement relative to the pipes carrier to allow lateral movement of the coupler head. The pipes move upward with the coupler head and the pipes carrier. The train-pipes are also permitted to accommodate themselves to the impact of cars coming together in the act of coupling. In one vertical face of the pipes carrier, 1 provide grooves 21 in which and the grooves 3 of the side bars 2 of the hanger are disposed balls or other anti-friction devices 22 which are yieldably supported by springs 23 upon spacers 24:. The pipes carrier is thus permitted to move vertically freely, while, at the same time, the side flanges of the side bars will retain the pipes carrier in proper position to support the train-pipes.

It will be readily seen that I have provided a hanger for train-pipe couplings which may be easily and quickly adjusted without mutilating or disturbing any other equipment of the car, and, when applied to the car, the hanger will be firmly secured so that it will not be easily thrown into an inoperative'position and will support the coupler heads in such manner that, while they will not be easily dislodged through use, they will be accessible for the purpose of making minor repairs or adjustments, and, ifit becomes necessary to substitute a new coupler head for the one in use, the removal of the old head and the substitution of the new head may be accomplished without detaching the hanger from the car.

What I claim is l. A hanger for train-pipe couplings comprising side bars having their upper ends adapted to be secured to the protruding webs of I-beams on thecars, braces having their upper ends adapted to engage and be Co ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

said brace and to the flanges of the I-beams;

2. A hanger for train-pipe couplings comprising channeled side bars having their upper ends adapted to be secured to the protruding webs of I-beams on the cars, a

shelf carried by the lower ends of said side I bars, a pipe carrier fitted in said ohanneled side bars and extending between the same, and braces extending between and secured to the said side bars and the I-beams.

3. A hanger for train-pipe couplings com-' prising side bars, shelf carried by the lower ends of said side bars, diverging straps extending from the upper ends of said side bars and having their upper eX- tremities adapted to be secured to the protruding webs of I-beams on the cars, braces secured to said side bars and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom and hav ing their upper portions diverging, flangeengaging members at the upper extremities of the said diverging portions of the braces, and clips secured to said flange-engaging members and adapted to engage the flanges of the I-beams.

4. A hanger for train-pipe couplings comprising side bars having their upper ends secured to the protruding ends of I-beams on the cars, a shelf carried by the lower ends of said side bars, braces extending upwardly and rearwardly from the side bars, members at the upper-ends of said braces to engage the flanges at oneside of the Z-beams, clips secured to thetendsof the braces and engaging the flanges at the opposite sides of the I-beams, a cross bar secured to and extending between the I-beams, and a central brace secured to the shelf and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom and secured to the said cross bar. V

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses. V

WALTER C. WHITE; W'itnesses:

SIsLnY PETERSON, J. F. GILCI-IRIST.

Washington, D. 0. 

